Hospitals in Scotland

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The following is a partial list of currently operating hospitals in Scotland. A hospital, in the modern sense, is an institution for health care providing patient treatment by specialized staff and equipment, and often, but not always providing for longer-term patient stays. Its historical meaning, until relatively recent times, was "a place of hospitality," for example the Chelsea Royal Hospital, established in 1681 to house veteran soldiers.show more